Banksy claims ‘Morning is Broken’ artwork has already been demolished
Banksy claims ‘Morning is Broken’ artwork shows a boy opening curtains on the side of an abandoned farmhouse that has already been demolished
Banksy has reclaimed an artwork titled ‘Morning is Broken’ showing a boy opening curtains on the side of an abandoned farmhouse, but it has since been demolished.
The mural showed the silhouette of a child in a window drawing back curtains made of corrugated iron next to a cat taking in the view.
The anonymous street artist took to Instagram this morning to confirm the work on three photographs.
The piece is shown in a full-length shot of the derelict property in Kent, which is covered in ivy, has peeling white paint and missing slate tiles on a side building.
Street artist Banksy has reclaimed an artwork titled ‘Morning is Broken’ showing a boy opening curtains at the side of an abandoned farmhouse, but it has since been demolished
Another photograph shows the wall on which the artwork originally appeared to have been demolished, and the image also shows an excavator, a dumpster, and a pile of brick rubble on the ground as a worker looks on.
There’s a close-up of the artwork in another image, and the third photograph shows demolition work being done on the building.
The final photograph shows the wall the artwork originally appeared on having been demolished, and the image also shows an excavator, a dumpster, and a pile of brick rubble on the ground as a worker looks on.
Banksy wrote in his Instagram post: “The morning is broken.”
The container company said the container featured in one of the photographs was on property in the seaside town of Herne Bay, Kent, and its only involvement in the project was to provide the container.
Pieces of the art were rescued from the rubble and containers this afternoon, according to The Sun.
The mural showed the silhouette of a child in a window drawing back the curtains made of corrugated iron next to a cat that looked at the view.
The mural had originally been on the boarded-up window of the 500-year-old farmhouse near Herne Bay.
Workers at the site said they “felt sick” when they learned it was a Banksy mural.
One of the contractors, George Caudwell, said: ‘We had no idea it was a Banksy.
It made me feel bad realizing it was a Banksy, we were devastated.
We started demolishing it yesterday.
He added that the owner saw the building being torn down and didn’t notice either.